Decameron
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Boccaccio’s The is set within the framework of a group of ten men and women who have taken refuge from the plague in a country villa outside Florence for ten days. Throughout these ten days, the group tells hundreds of stories that reveal characteristics of fourteenth century lifestyle. By usi ....
Middle of paper
.... but this gives the
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readers an opportunity to distance themselves from the
material and better analyze the point that Boccaccio wanted to get across. He wanted to provide a forum into the study of culture during his time.
As a society, we have learned to deem different types of behavior either acceptable or unacceptable. However, there is a danger in rejecting some types of conduct as not appropriate merely because the practice would be morally reprehensible in our society tod ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
